What up gang. Back with the real you know what’s the deal. The saga of rappers getting murked continues. Hip-hop has lost another one to gun violence.
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Young Lo affiliate of Chris Brown lost his life in a Miami night club and the mystery is leading to a trail of theories to try and piece together his life and what could he have done to be allegedly targeted in an attack at an upscale night club. Digging into his past, there’s some things that may suggest things from back then may have caught up to him. Let’s chop it up and break it down.
Hip-hop been taking L’s back to back. It’s become a sad reality where the music industry is losing artists like it’s the new norm. It’s an epidemic at this point cause ain’t no way. Many people never heard of Lowell Grissom aka EverybodyKnowsLo aka Young Lo before now, but apparently bro was rooted in the music biz. At least from his social media he’s seen linked up with some of the biggest A-listers
and turns out he dropped music with cats like Tyga and was on a couple of Chris Brown tracks https://youtu.be/70LsbCziX4g On Chris Brown’s 2016 mixtape “Attack The Block” Young Lo is featured 3 times on tracks
It all added up because Breezy was his dawg fr like that, even on tour rocking out stages with bro https://www.instagram.com/p/BF-COhlm-18/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
But digging deeper, it seems bro had some pull behind the scenes not only making music but collaborating and discovering new artists.
Grammy-nominated producer Yung Berg aka Hitmaka revealed that Young Lo was a close friend and creative collaborator. But that’s not all, turns out bro was an A&R for Berg’s co-founded Makasound Records establishment.
Young Lo is also credited with collaborations with Drake, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Ray J and Tyga.
https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/young-lo-dead-hitmaka-tribute-1235324989/
So maybe the public didn’t know bro, but he definitely had some weight in the music industry and was up
Sadly, it seems like the opps spun the block on bro and took him out. May 7th 2023, Young Lo was in Miami turning up at the GALA lounge. Their website lists the place as Miami’s new premier ultra-lounge offering a private high-end luxury experience to their highly exclusive clientele. The place seems like it do be having some bangers of a party fr with the A-Listers poppin out
But you know dudes got no kinda etiquette when the trenches run in their veins. Around 4 am that Sunday, someone upped the pole and aired the place out striking 3 people. Patrons was left frozen in fear. People were panicking, screaming, crying as the aftermath of what happened started to sink in https://youtu.be/ZAFIzwFOyXY (0:59-1:14)
The 3 people caught in the range of fire unfortunately was Young Lo and two other shawties. Young Lo was in critical condition as he was rushed to the Jackson Memorial Hospital where unfortunately he succumbed to his wounds. He had lost too much blood and passed away on the operating table https://youtu.be/D63acl4RiHU (0:46-0:59) The two females that were injured had better luck and survived the attack
Police would lock down the scene, cornering off the area with yellow tape. Given the high-end place it was, them blue lights was all round searching for clues to who the culprit could be https://youtu.be/D63acl4RiHU (1:38-1:48)
The news stations were overrun with the tragedy and soon the industry realized the heavy loss
https://youtu.be/PZ0otN4WprE (0:28-0:46)
Many artists and music creatives took to the internet to wish condolences to their fallen friend. Among them were his homie Chris Brown
His patna and collaborator Hitmaka
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rapper-young-lo-killed-miami-000303945.html
and many others
Gala then released a message to their IG about the situation, but in their message they said something that gave a hint as to what happened. They started with excluding themselves from what occurred stating that it was an isolated and targeted incident, implying Young Lo was sought out and assassinated and it wasn’t just some random tussle in the lounge
What gave that scenario even more credibility was when the news reported that an affiliate of Young Lo believe that Young Lo was targeted https://youtu.be/4Ri0MNzq5-U (1:34-1:40)
But let’s say that’s true. What could bro have possibly done for a dude to go to a lounge that popular and exclusive to carry out a hit? I know dudes crash out these days but it’s sure to have cameras in the place and on buildings around. Bro had to really not care about being caught.
The targeted theory has sparked a lot of talks about the why. Young Lo is often in Chris Brown entourage and some link it to the fight that happened recently with Chris Brown and Usher https://youtu.be/rRUIyisv3Gw (0:00-0:12)
I mean, people spin the block for much less these days, but Usher, putting out a hit on Chris? Nah that seems unlikely, and plus the next night both Chris and Usher performed back to back at the “Lovers & Friends” music festival without any static or confrontation so seemed like the scuffle wasn’t that serious
I think everyone can agree to rule out that reason behind the hit.
Chris be claiming blood, so maybe bro just got tied up in the wrong dealings and is guilty by association and happened to be the easiest one to reach https://youtu.be/OV_eC0HBqVE (0:14-0:28)
You know the streets grimey like that, dudes see you around a certain clique then they automatically lump you in too. Chris Brown is no stranger to gats poppin off around him too. Remember that time Suge Knight, a big wig Blood got poled up 7 times at a pre-VMA Chris Brown hosted party? https://youtu.be/ffrEFe7rm40 (0:46-1:15)
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/suge-knight-shot-vma-party-6229169/
The cops were looking into that shooting as a result of gang rivalry and eyewitnesses state that Chris Brown was throwing up gang signs before the shooting and was performing with a red bandana — the Bloods’ moniker.
https://www.tmz.com/2014/08/24/suge-knight-vma-shooting-chris-brown-game-bloods/
Crips have also popped up on Chris in the streets saying they gna pipe him up, so Breezy be having the gang rivalry mixing up with his personal life https://youtu.be/38h9awgYOeQ (0:41-0:42) https://youtu.be/38h9awgYOeQ (1:13-1:15)
So maybe Young Lo just got mixed up in a gang rivalry and got the bad end of the stick. It’s not like he his name has never been mixed up publicly in ties with something negative with Chris Breezy. That leads me to another theory. Many people don’t know this, but back in February 2017 he was also named along with Chris when they were accused of forcefully raping a woman multiple times at Chris mansion
The victim filed a lawsuit that broke down some gruesome details. According to documents, she attended a concert at One Oak in West Hollywood on the evening of Feb. 24, 2017. At some point, she claims she was invited to meet Grissom aka Young Lo and Brown at an after-party at a recording studio.
She stated that when she arrived at the studio, her phone was taken away from her and she was told that Brown did not want anyone to have their phones in the studio.
Documents continue, stating that the alleged victim said she was forced to go to the singer’s home in order to retrieve her phone. There she was allegedly “sexually assaulted while falsely imprisoned in one of the bedrooms in Chris Brown’s house.” The lawsuit alleges that Grissom and another woman assaulted her multiple times in the home.
https://abc7.com/chris-brown-investigation-lawsuit-assault/3450344/
The rape case made headlines with Young Lo’s name smeared alongside Chris Brown’s in the lawsuit that disgusted many who heard the story. Young Lo was the one labeled along with other Chris Brown associates https://youtu.be/wzdSwQEnAvk (0:00-0:51)
Young Lo would deny the claims and said it was all just a money grab
https://www.tmz.com/2018/05/10/chris-brown-friend-lowell-grissom-jr-denies-rape-gloria-allred/
Approximately 2 years later in 2019, the case against Young Lo would be dropped due to insufficient evidence to support the alleged victim’s claims
https://www.tmz.com/2019/02/28/chris-brown-friend-lowell-grissom-no-rape-charges/
I did some more research and found something that isn’t mentioned at all, an incident that occurred at another nightclub that left Young Lo harmed back in 2017. Reports state that Lowell Grissom aka Young Lo had just asked the DJ at the Anthony Night Club to play one of his songs and was coming down the stairs from the DJ booth about 1 a.m. when someone struck him in the face with a sharp object. Lo was rushed to Beth Israel Hospital, where he received 50 stitches to seal two deep cuts. Police reported that one cut was about 8 inches and another was about 2 inches.
Seems like Young Lo had people that wanted to see him in a body bag fr and maybe this time when the shanking him didn’t take him out, they doubled back with the blicky.
It really makes you question now, was Young Lo involved in somn he shouldn’t have been? Might give reason as to why someone would risk crashing out airing out a high-end lounge just to get him. Whatever the case, investigators are combing through evidence so sure in time more concrete info would be released. I’ll be sure to keep ya’ll posted. Messed up thing in all this is his 7-year old son is now fatherless and his family is left to mourn his passing https://youtu.be/D63acl4RiHU (1:07-1:16) https://youtu.be/D63acl4RiHU (1:50-2:07)
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This gta stop man. RIP Young Lo.
So there you have it. Thanks for kicking it with yah boy, appreciate the love and support. Catch ya’ll in the next one. Peace up and peace out
Chad is a professional journalist specializing in Hip-Hop culture and writing music reviews.
